The great composers of the 20th century, North America (timeline, top 10...)

Rachmaninoff or Ma? Stravinsky or Rózsa? It is difficult for inquiring minds to tackle such abundant fields as classical music and opera, covering 10 centuries of history: there are thousands of composers. Making a selection of musicians, such as a “top 10” for example, is a difficult and subjective exercise. A musical selection is often the expression of personal preferences or artistic opinions, very interesting but also very different according to critics or musicologists, or simply influenced by the context: will an English composer not be instinctively privileged by an English critic?

For example: in France, Charles Gounod, a 19th century French composer, is more easily mentioned than the Norwegian Edvard Grieg, who is more recognized in the world.

Timeline of classical music composers, between 1890 and 2000+ (modern & contemporary era) in North America

Whoever wants to discover classical music or opera does not always have an experienced music lover, an expert or an educator at his or her side to support and guide him or her in these fields. So : Rachmaninoff (Russian composer, pianist, and conductor) or Ma (American cellist) ? Kálmán (Hungarian-born composer of operettas) or Schoenberg (Austrian-American composer (1874-1951)) ? However, the knowledge available about musicians is enormous. It was processed to select the 10, 25, 50... most popular composers around the world, for those living or having lived en North America, between 1890 and 2000+ (modern & contemporary era). And this objectively, and for the first time (soclassiq exclusivity).

Composers rendered as a timeline to bring a little perspective:

18791879 18901890 19011901 19121912 19231923 19341934 19451945 19561956 19671967 19781978 19891989 20002000

Timeline :

Composers Conductors Lyrical singers Performers Worldwide Europe North America South America Asia Oceania Africa 2021

This timeline is interactive to navigate through the ages , or eras : medieval music, renaissance, baroque music (Bach...), classical period (Mozart...), romantic music (Beethoven...), XXth (Stravinsky), or across continents (with ).

Top 10 classical musiccomposers in North America for the years 1890-2000+

Who are these greatest composers, the most famous over the 1890-2000+ era in North America? The works of these musician have shaped the history of classical music and lyric art. There are those you probably know, or at least by name and the others.

Here are these 10 classical music composers, renowned artists from around the world:

Curious to know their most emblematic works? Just a click away to discover them.

The selections of musicians (classical music composers) proposed by soclassiq are based exclusively on algorithms. The same applies to their works, the performers, the lyrical singers, les orchestras, the conductors and the venues : opera houses, concert halls or festivals.

What about the others? 25, 50 or more?

Summarizing to 10 musician names such a wide and diverse field may seem extreme or too simplistic for those who know classical music and lyrical art well, for those who can easily name 50 or more classical music composers. Horner, Cage, Gould, Horowitz, Goldsmith, Bernstein, Weill...

At this time, soclassiq has listed more than 19000 composers. So here is a selection of some composers for the modern & contemporary era, in North America, widely recognized around the world:

Note:

This selection may include highly reputed artists and musicians who have occasionally devoted themselves to classical music and not exclusively.
It may also include composers who have been or are concert performers, some more renowned for their careers than for the work they have left behind.

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  Paul AbrahamThe great composers of the 20th century  
1892-1960 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Maurice AbravanelThe great composers of the 20th century  
1903-1993 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  John Luther AdamsThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 68 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  John AdamsThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 74 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Samuel AdlerThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 93 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Theodor W. AdornoThe great composers of the 20th century  
1903-1969 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Emma AlbaniThe great composers of the 20th century  
1847-1930 (Romantic)
                        
Lyrical singer & Composer 
  John Alden CarpenterThe great composers of the 20th century  
1876-1951 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Leroy AndersonThe great composers of the 20th century  
1908-1975 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  George AntheilThe great composers of the 20th century  
1900-1959 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Dominick ArgentoThe great composers of the 20th century  
1927-2019 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Desi ArnazThe great composers of the 20th century  
1917-1986 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer 
 Emilie AutumnThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 41 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer 
 Aaron AvshalomovThe great composers of the 20th century  
1894-1965 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 

B
  Milton BabbittThe great composers of the 20th century  
1916-2011 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Angelo BadalamentiThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 84 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Samuel BarberThe great composers of the 20th century  
1910-1981 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  John BarryThe great composers of the 20th century  
1933-2011 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Béla BartókThe great composers of the 20th century  
1881-1945 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Amy BeachThe great composers of the 20th century  
1867-1944 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Joshua BellThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 53 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Cathy BerberianThe great composers of the 20th century  
1925-1983 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer 
  Elmer BernsteinThe great composers of the 20th century  
1922-2004 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Leonard BernsteinThe great composers of the 20th century  
1918-1990 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Ernest BlochThe great composers of the 20th century  
1880-1959 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Jerry BockThe great composers of the 20th century  
1928-2010 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  William BolcomThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 83 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Victor BorgeThe great composers of the 20th century  
1909-2000 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Paul BowlesThe great composers of the 20th century  
1910-1999 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Glenn BrancaThe great composers of the 20th century  
1948-2018 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Bruce BroughtonThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 76 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Leo BrouwerThe great composers of the 20th century  
1939-2003 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Adolf BuschThe great composers of the 20th century  
1891-1952 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 

C
  John CageThe great composers of the 20th century  
1912-1992 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Hoagy CarmichaelThe great composers of the 20th century  
1899-1981 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer 
  Elliott CarterThe great composers of the 20th century  
1908-2012 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Mario Castelnuovo-TedescoThe great composers of the 20th century  
1895-1968 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Carlos ChávezThe great composers of the 20th century  
1899-1978 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
 Gloria CoatesThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 82 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Aaron CoplandThe great composers of the 20th century  
1900-1990 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Anton CoppolaThe great composers of the 20th century  
1917-2020 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Carmine CoppolaThe great composers of the 20th century  
1910-1991 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  John CoriglianoThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 83 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Henry CowellThe great composers of the 20th century  
1897-1965 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Ruth Crawford SeegerThe great composers of the 20th century  
1901-1953 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  George CrumbThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 91 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 

Walter DamroschThe great composers of the 20th century
1862-1950 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer

Bella DavidovichThe great composers of the 20th century
age 92 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Carl DavisThe great composers of the 20th century
age 84 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Don DavisThe great composers of the 20th century
age 64 (20th century)
Composer

Norman Dello JoioThe great composers of the 20th century
1913-2008 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

David DiamondThe great composers of the 20th century
1915-2005 (20th century)
Composer

Antal DorátiThe great composers of the 20th century
1906-1988 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer

Vernon DukeThe great composers of the 20th century
1903-1969 (20th century)
Composer

Alfred EinsteinThe great composers of the 20th century
1880-1952 (20th century)
Composer

Hanns EislerThe great composers of the 20th century
1898-1962 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Danny ElfmanThe great composers of the 20th century
age 68 (20th century)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer

Percy FaithThe great composers of the 20th century
1908-1976 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Morton FeldmanThe great composers of the 20th century
1926-1987 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Arthur FiedlerThe great composers of the 20th century
1894-1979 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Lukas FossThe great composers of the 20th century
1922-2009 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

David FosterThe great composers of the 20th century
age 71 (20th century)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer

G
  Ivan GalamianThe great composers of the 20th century  
1903-1981 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Diamanda GalásThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 65 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer 
  George GershwinThe great composers of the 20th century  
1898-1937 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Michael GiacchinoThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 53 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Philip GlassThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 84 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Leopold GodowskyThe great composers of the 20th century  
1870-1938 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Elliot GoldenthalThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 67 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Jerry GoldsmithThe great composers of the 20th century  
1929-2004 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Morton GouldThe great composers of the 20th century  
1913-1996 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Glenn GouldThe great composers of the 20th century  
1932-1982 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Percy GraingerThe great composers of the 20th century  
1882-1961 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  William Grant StillThe great composers of the 20th century  
1895-1978 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Alexander GretchaninovThe great composers of the 20th century  
1864-1956 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Charles GriffesThe great composers of the 20th century  
1884-1920 (20th century)
                        
Composer 

H
  Marc-André HamelinThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 59 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Marvin HamlischThe great composers of the 20th century  
1944-2012 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  W. C. HandyThe great composers of the 20th century  
1873-1958 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Howard HansonThe great composers of the 20th century  
1896-1981 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Roy HarrisThe great composers of the 20th century  
1898-1979 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Victor HerbertThe great composers of the 20th century  
1859-1924 (Romantic)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Bernard HerrmannThe great composers of the 20th century  
1911-1975 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Jennifer HigdonThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 58 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Paul HindemithThe great composers of the 20th century  
1895-1963 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Josef HofmannThe great composers of the 20th century  
1876-1957 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  James HornerThe great composers of the 20th century  
1953-2015 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Vladimir HorowitzThe great composers of the 20th century  
1903-1989 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Alan HovhanessThe great composers of the 20th century  
1911-2000 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  James Newton HowardThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 70 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Karel HusaThe great composers of the 20th century  
1921-2016 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 

Eugene IstominThe great composers of the 20th century
1925-2003 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Charles IvesThe great composers of the 20th century
1874-1954 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Byron JanisThe great composers of the 20th century
age 93 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Scott JoplinThe great composers of the 20th century
1868-1917 (Romantic)
Performer & Composer

K
  Emmerich KálmánThe great composers of the 20th century  
1882-1953 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Jānis KalniņšThe great composers of the 20th century  
1904-2000 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Jerome KernThe great composers of the 20th century  
1885-1945 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Henry Kimball HadleyThe great composers of the 20th century  
1871-1937 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Gershon KingsleyThe great composers of the 20th century  
1922-2019 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 

... K

Serge KoussevitzkyThe great composers of the 20th century
1874-1951 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Louis KrasnerThe great composers of the 20th century
1903-1995 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Fritz KreislerThe great composers of the 20th century
1875-1962 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Ernst KrenekThe great composers of the 20th century
1900-1991 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer

Giorgi LatsabidzeThe great composers of the 20th century
age 43 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Morten LauridsenThe great composers of the 20th century
age 78 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer

Calixa LavalléeThe great composers of the 20th century
1842-1891 (Romantic)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Ernesto LecuonaThe great composers of the 20th century
1896-1963 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Michel LegrandThe great composers of the 20th century
1932-2019 (20th century)
Conductor, Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer

Kate LiuThe great composers of the 20th century
age 27 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Frederick LoeweThe great composers of the 20th century
1901-1988 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Arkady LuxemburgThe great composers of the 20th century
age 82 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

M
  Yo-Yo MaThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 65 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Lorin MaazelThe great composers of the 20th century  
1930-2014 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Edward MacDowellThe great composers of the 20th century  
1860-1908 (Romantic)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Alma MahlerThe great composers of the 20th century  
1879-1964 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Henry ManciniThe great composers of the 20th century  
1924-1994 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Arturo MárquezThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 70 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Wynton MarsalisThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 59 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Charles Martin LoefflerThe great composers of the 20th century  
1861-1935 (Romantic)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Bohuslav MartinůThe great composers of the 20th century  
1890-1959 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Eduardo MataThe great composers of the 20th century  
1942-1995 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Dimitri MitropoulosThe great composers of the 20th century  
1896-1960 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Gabriela MonteroThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 51 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Nico MuhlyThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 39 (20th century)
                        
Composer 

Conlon NancarrowThe great composers of the 20th century
1912-1997 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Randy NewmanThe great composers of the 20th century
age 77 (20th century)
Conductor, Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer

Ervin NyiregyháziThe great composers of the 20th century
1903-1987 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Garrick OhlssonThe great composers of the 20th century
age 73 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

P
  Ignacy Jan PaderewskiThe great composers of the 20th century  
1860-1941 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  John Knowles PaineThe great composers of the 20th century  
1839-1906 (Romantic)
                        
Composer 
  Horatio ParkerThe great composers of the 20th century  
1863-1919 (Romantic)
                        
Composer 
  Harry PartchThe great composers of the 20th century  
1901-1974 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Gregor PiatigorskyThe great composers of the 20th century  
1903-1976 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Walter PistonThe great composers of the 20th century  
1894-1976 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Manuel PonceThe great composers of the 20th century  
1886-1948 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  André PrevinThe great composers of the 20th century  
1929-2019 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Carlos PueblaThe great composers of the 20th century  
1917-1989 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer 

R
  Sergei RachmaninoffThe great composers of the 20th century  
1873-1943 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Steve ReichThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 84 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Fritz ReinerThe great composers of the 20th century  
1888-1963 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Silvestre RevueltasThe great composers of the 20th century  
1899-1940 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Terry RileyThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 86 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 George RochbergThe great composers of the 20th century  
1918-2005 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Richard RodgersThe great composers of the 20th century  
1902-1979 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Bernard RogersThe great composers of the 20th century  
1893-1968 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Sigmund RombergThe great composers of the 20th century  
1887-1951 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Juventino Rosas Ca RosasThe great composers of the 20th century  
1868-1894 (Romantic)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Miklós RózsaThe great composers of the 20th century  
1907-1995 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Carl RugglesThe great composers of the 20th century  
1876-1971 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Robert Russell BennettThe great composers of the 20th century  
1894-1981 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Frederic RzewskiThe great composers of the 20th century  
1938-2021 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 

S
  Curt SachsThe great composers of the 20th century  
1881-1959 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Lalo SchifrinThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 89 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Thomas SchippersThe great composers of the 20th century  
1930-1977 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Arnold SchoenbergThe great composers of the 20th century  
1874-1951 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Gunther SchullerThe great composers of the 20th century  
1925-2015 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
 William SchumanThe great composers of the 20th century  
1910-1992 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Roger SessionsThe great composers of the 20th century  
1896-1985 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Anoushka ShankarThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 40 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer 
  Caroline ShawThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 38 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Edward ShearmurThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 55 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Howard ShoreThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 74 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Alexander SilotiThe great composers of the 20th century  
1863-1945 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Leonard SlatkinThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 76 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Nicolas SlonimskyThe great composers of the 20th century  
1894-1995 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Dang Thai SonThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 63 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Stephen SondheimThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 91 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  John Philip SousaThe great composers of the 20th century  
1854-1932 (Romantic)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Max SteinerThe great composers of the 20th century  
1888-1971 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
 Jim SteinmanThe great composers of the 20th century  
1947-2021 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer 
 Eduard SteuermannThe great composers of the 20th century  
1892-1964 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Fritz StiedryThe great composers of the 20th century  
1883-1968 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Igor StravinskyThe great composers of the 20th century  
1882-1971 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Zoltán SzékelyThe great composers of the 20th century  
1903-2001 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  George SzellThe great composers of the 20th century  
1897-1970 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
 Albert SzirmaiThe great composers of the 20th century  
1880-1967 (20th century)
                        
Composer 

Alexander TcherepninThe great composers of the 20th century
1899-1977 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Randall ThompsonThe great composers of the 20th century
1899-1984 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer

Virgil ThomsonThe great composers of the 20th century
1896-1989 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer

Michael Tilson ThomasThe great composers of the 20th century
age 76 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Dimitri TiomkinThe great composers of the 20th century
1894-1979 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

David TudorThe great composers of the 20th century
1926-1996 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Brian TylerThe great composers of the 20th century
age 49 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Frank Van der StuckenThe great composers of the 20th century
1858-1929 (Romantic)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Claude VivierThe great composers of the 20th century
1948-1983 (20th century)
Composer

W
  Rufus WainwrightThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 47 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer 
  Kurt WeillThe great composers of the 20th century  
1900-1950 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Jaromír WeinbergerThe great composers of the 20th century  
1896-1967 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Chou Wen-chungThe great composers of the 20th century  
1923-2019 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  George Whitefield ChadwickThe great composers of the 20th century  
1854-1931 (Romantic)
                        
Composer 
  John WilliamsThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 89 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Paul WittgensteinThe great composers of the 20th century  
1887-1961 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Erich Wolfgang KorngoldThe great composers of the 20th century  
1897-1957 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
 Stefan WolpeThe great composers of the 20th century  
1902-1972 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Charles WuorinenThe great composers of the 20th century  
1938-2020 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 

Christopher YoungThe great composers of the 20th century
age 63 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

La Monte YoungThe great composers of the 20th century
age 85 (20th century)
Composer

Efrem ZimbalistThe great composers of the 20th century
1889-1985 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

John ZornThe great composers of the 20th century
age 67 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

The great composers of the 20th century North America

Timeline of classical music composers, between 1890 and 2000+ (modern & contemporary era) in North America

Top 10 classical musiccomposers in North America for the years 1890-2000+

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